Kali Linux 2016.1, Rolling Edition Released

The Kali Linux team announced availability of Kali Linux 2016.1, latest stable build of Debian testing based , penetration testing and security distribution. Kali Linux has switched to a rolling release model, after release of Kali Linux 2.0 and this is the first release in this model.

According to official release announcement of Kali Linux 2016.1:

Our automated notification system of updated penetration testing tool releases has been working well over the past 5 months and has ensured that the kali-rolling repository always holds the latest stable releases of monitored tools. This usually leaves a gap of around 24-48 hours from notification of a new tool update, to its packaging, testing, and pushing into our repositories. We would also like to introduce our new Kali Linux Package Tracker which allows you to follow the evolution of Kali Linux both with email updates and a comprehensive web interface. The tracker can also help in identifying which versions of various tools and packages are in our repository at any given moment. As an example, the screenshot below shows the timeline of the nmap package in Kali and tracks its repository versions.